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So we're all aware that the disease popularly known as Spanish flu killed more people than died in WW1; commonly quoted figures tend to be in the 40-50 million range. Recent estimates have in fact revised that figure upwards, and it's now considered that between 50 and 100 million people died in the outbreak. That's between 2.5% and 5% of the world's population at the time--worse than any war, revolution or genocide.

So considering the history-altering potential of such a tremendous death toll, I'm wondering what WIs could be made out of it. I've had a look at other threads mentioning the Spanish flu, and these are those I've found:

No flu. What do do with all the bodies?

Spanish flu in 1916

Spanish flu avoidable?

Alternate influenza epidemic, 1918...

Flu epidemic hits in 1915

What if: No 1919 Spanish Flu?

Most of those threads were either stillborn or received little attention. Yet I can't help thinking that there's an AH potential to the Spanish flu that we have yet to tap into.
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